Re: 4 APs: how hard IS it?

July 28, 2004

My understanding about activity points is they are added for extra activity you

do during the day, not your regular day to day activity? Like I don't count

walking my dogs the first time because I always walked them once a day. But if

I walk them twice, I count the second walk because that is extra and I feel like

I need to do something extra to earn extra points... Does anyone have any

thoughts on what they count and don't count for activity points?

in Ohio

wrote:

I am in that boat with you !

I haven't figured out what it would take to earn 4 points a day for my

weight (204), but I bet it's more time than I have.

I have 5 kids, homeschool all 5 full time, co-operate a home business with

my hubby, and work part time outside the home.

An hour a day to exercise? Maybe if I get up at 4 am (instead of 5:00 am

like I do now) But then again, I'm not fully functional until at least 6

am...so exercising earlier than 6 might be hazardous to my health instead of

helpful!!

I'm not sure what to do to get 4 points a day in activity. I'm going from

ZERO points a day (at least that's zero points of " intentional " activity) so

to jump to FOUR points a day might be a stretch...maybe it is better to

consistently work toward getting 2...then build up to 3...then to 4.

Surely my day to day activity should count for 1 or 2 points? I've used a

pedometer to track my steps during a " normal " day and I average 5,000 steps

without any intentional exercise. I wonder if that counts for anything.

I've spent hours in the gym before and it doesn't fit my lifestyle...it's

not something I can sustain over the long run...I think it is really

important to find something you can do as part of your life...Not to knock

anyone who spends 2 hours a day in the gym. That's great...but not realistic

for me.

Glad to see I'm not the only one !

So what do you think you're going to do?

in CO

4 APs: how hard IS it?

Just wanted to comment, because I find it VERY hard to get 4 APs a

day, without spending a lot of time exercising....I'm looking at my

Points Booster slide rule, and for my weight, I'd have to do

116 minutes at light

83 minutes at moderate Or

33 minutes at high

Personally, I can't last very long at a high intensity, and don't

prefer doing high intensity.I prefer moderate...but 83 minutes?

Sheesh....

Anybody else having this dilemma?

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July 28, 2004

> My understanding about activity points is they are added for extra

activity you do during the day, not your regular day to day

activity? Like I don't count walking my dogs the first time because

I always walked them once a day. But if I walk them twice, I count

the second walk because that is extra and I feel like I need to do

something extra to earn extra points... Does anyone have any thoughts

on what they count and don't count for activity points?

> in Ohio

>

That is how I understood it, too. Anything you were already doing

(such as working a job where you walk a lot or do manual labor) does

not count toward APs. I could think of some extreme examples where

that wouldn't work, but I think for most of us, we are supposed to

count the " extra " exercise that we get each day that isn't part of

the norm.

april

July 28, 2004